5/9/06

I went to the other underground game last night to play. I missed the SNG so I settled on playing a 20-40 ring game. Sitting down on the table, there were five of us that started to play, I didn't know anyone. That's good, I guess. I proceed to grow my stack, I could not do anything wrong and I wasn't showing anyone my cards, I was not being called. When I did get called, I would show respectible cards, no BBS, so it was good. As the night went on, my chips leveled to about 7-8x buy-in. I still couldn't believe it how good the cards were coming, but I still haven't gotten a BBS to write about, and then this hand happened.

I look down on 56o and I raise it 3xBB which made most of the players fold except for the the player in seat 2 who raised it to 300. I called and we were the only ones in this pot. The flop comes K-8-7, giving me an open ended straight draw. I checked blind because I was out of position (still haven't learned my lesson) and seat 2 bet 300 which I called. The turn gave a Q and seat 2 bet 1,000. I knew seat 2 was a loose-aggressive player that could have anything, but I still had that open ended draw, if it was a gut shot, I would have folded, but in this instance I called. The river gave me a 9 and the straight that I needed. I checked, again to try to trap, which doesn't work and I turn over my straight and he turns over AKo.
BBS Served

Analysis - Obviously, I was an underdog all the way in that hand. Preflop I was behind 38/62 but gained a little bit after the flop 34/66. The turn pushed me further behind 18/82 but I got saved by the river.

After that hand, I was playing careless, I mean just raising on everything and chasing everything. So much so that my stack dwindled to about 3-4x buy-in. Looking down at T9o I raised 3xBB and get one caller. With the flop coming T-T-3, I was in great shape and checked to my opponent who checked as well. The turn came off a 7 and I bet 300, which he calls, but I check on the river with another 7 coming off. He bets about 1,200 and that made me think, barring that he had pocket 7's, the worst I could do is split the pot if he had the other T. So I raise all-in with my remaining 1500+ and he calls. I turn over my cards and he shows his 74o.

That should have been it for me, but I continue to play, very VERY loose and getting cards which would hit the flop not as hard as I wanted or I would chase down and lose a bit, and when the night wound down for me, around 2am, I look down and cash out 3k. Not bad for the night, could have been better. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda. . .

Game Result - 3,000
Running Total - 3,660